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George Whitesides: “It was really formally founded in, I guess, 2004, 2005.”

Featuring: George Whitesides, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 27

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Published | Video Starts at 08:17

How do you think about creating a company that is, can continue to be focused and driven when it's such a long, long journey to get to your actual success? So virtual galactic, what was the year it was founded? It was really formally founded in, I guess, 2004, 2005. So, like 1516 years journey to basically get to this successful launch. I mean, that is a long time to keep people motivated and excited and engaged in a lot of fires to fight and challenges to overcome. (08:17–08:23)

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